A year since the meltdown of world financial markets and the bleeding appears to have been staunched, but still there is no agreement on the proper reaction to and path …
-
-
In the first weeks of trying to form a government, the prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, reportedly held meetings to see how he and his ministers might affect economic reform. It …
-
Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo last month provoked mixed reviews. Some said the US president spent too much time apologizing for American behavior in the Middle East; others said his …
-
Rarely has the Middle East been as distant as it is today from the principles of capitalist culture — a culture of open minds and open markets. Some markets are …
-
After nearly seven years, the tape came off MTV’s mouth last month, or so an advertising billboard told us before the April 7 relaunching of the television station. MTV was …
-
Ever since the financial crisis hit last October, rarely a day goes by without another article being published suggesting how we must all develop a greater social conscience when it …
-
What does political murder have to do with capitalist culture? Quite a bit actually, in that the rule of law is better able to protect the free minds and free …
-
As the carnage in Gaza escalated in January, about the most popular foreign leader in the region was the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. We might be able to understand the …
-
Two-thousand and eight was not the best of years for capitalist culture. The world financial system took a substantial hit starting in October, there is widespread fear that this will …
-
In mid-November, with the US presidential election settled, congressional Democrats tried to push their advantage. They proposed massive government intervention to bail out the ailing American auto industry. Senate Republicans …